pen or japanese earthquake & tsunami, page-4

by the way munjit, nuclear reactors are constructed to withstand earthquakes, obviously to a certain degree but safety on many fronts is paramount and built into design.

Nuclear plants near Japan quake safely shut--IAEA

VIENNA, March 11 | Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:48am EST

VIENNA, March 11 (Reuters) - The four Japanese nuclear power plants closest to Friday's major earthquake in Japan have been safely shut down, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.

The IAEA, the Vienna-based U.N. nuclear watchdog, said it was seeking more information on which countries and nuclear facilities might be at risk from the tsunami unleashed by the quake.

"The four Japanese nuclear power plants closest to the quake have been safely shut down," the agency said in a statement.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/11/japan-quake-iaea-idUSLDE72A0OK20110311

Good to hear many south pacific nations have downgraded their tsunami alerts, hopefully it will lose much of their energy by the time they arrive there.